''View of the Dam and Damrak at Amsterdam'' is the name of three similar 17th-century
oil
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on canvas paintings by the
Dutch Golden Age painter
Dutch Golden Age painting is the painting of the Dutch Golden Age, a period in Dutch history roughly spanning the 17th century, during and after the later part of the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) for Dutch independence.
The new Dutch Repub ...
Jacob van Ruisdael
Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael (; 1629 – 10 March 1682) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher. He is generally considered the pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, a period of great wealth and cultural achi ...
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Frick Collection version
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Boymans van Beuningen version
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Mauritshuis version
The paintings are catalogue number 6, 7 and 8 in
Seymour Slive
Seymour Slive (September 15, 1920 – June 14, 2014) was an American art historian, who served as director of the Harvard Art Museums from 1975 to 1984. Slive was a scholar of Dutch art, specifically of the artists Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and Ja ...
's 2001 catalogue raisonné of Ruisdael.
File:View of the Dam and Damrak at Amsterdam - Jacob van Ruisdael - Frick Collection.png, Frick Collection version
File:Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael 026.jpg, Boymans van Beuningen version
File:SB 6330-Het Damrak-Het Damrak naar het noorden gezien.jpg, Mauritshuis version
See also
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List of paintings by Jacob van Ruisdael
The following is an incomplete list of paintings by Jacob van Ruisdael that are generally accepted as autograph by Seymour Slive and other sources. The list is more or less in order of creation, starting from around 1645 when Jacob began painting ...
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Paintings by Jacob van Ruisdael
Ships in art
Amsterdam in art